Press

Read an article on a post Bob Stanley on Guardian

"In the summer, the scene would move en masse to Ostend, Belgium's equivalent to Blackpool. DJ Freddy Cousaert played at the Groove, a late night downstairs bar frequented by US marines, lovers of blues and soul music
and tourists, it was Cousaert who later looked after Marvin Gaye during his 80s sejourn in Ostend. The music he played at the Groove included ska, Latin jazz and even Broadway songs such as Stranger in Paradise, or Whatever Lola Wants from Damn Yankees...."

vendredi 24 juin 2022

BROOK BENTON HOME STYLE

COTILLION RECORDS 1970                            SD 9028


credits:

Arranged, conducted and produced By
Arif Mardin

Rhythm Section: The Dixie Flyers

Jim Dickinson : Guitar, Keyboards
Charlie Freeman : lead Guitar
Mike Utley: Organ,Electric Piano
Tommy Mclure: Bass
Sammy Creason : drums, percussions
George Dorsey : alto sax
King Curtis : tenor sax
pepper Adams : Baritone Sax
Joe Newman : trompet
Benny Powell : trombone
string section: Direction Gene Orloff
Background vocal: The Sweet Inpirations
vocal obligatos : Cissy Houston

recorded at: Atlantic south criteria studio Miami and
Atlantic recording studio New York

Engineers:Ron Albert,Chuck Kirkpatric, Mack Emerman,
Lewis Hahn & Gene Paul

tracks list:

A1 Whoever Finds This I Love You    
A2 For Lee Ann    
A3 Willie And Laura Mae Jones    
A4 It's All In The Game    
A5 Don't It Make You Wanta Go Home    
B1 Aspen Colorado    
B2 Don't Think Twice It's All Right    
B3 Born Under A Bad Sign    
B4 Are You Sincere    
B5 Let Me Fix It





 
 
 
 

jeudi 23 juin 2022

THE WATTS 103rd STREET RHYTHM BAND In The Jungle Babe


 Warner Bros - seven arts records 1969                 ws 1801



  Artwork By – Ed Thrasher
    Engineer – Rudy Hill (2) (tracks: A1 to A5, B1, B2, B4, B5)
    Photography – Ivan Nagy
    Producer – Charles Wright

Recorded in June, 1969, at Western Recorders, Hollywood, California.

This album is dedicated to Joe Banks and his grandma,
whose great grandmother was born "in the jungle"


tracks list:


A1 Till You Get Enough
    Arranged By – Gabe Flemings, John Rayford, Ray Jackson
Written By – Charles Wright & Assoc. 4:45    
A2 I'm A Midnight Mover
    Written-By – Bobby Womack, Wilson Pickett 2:11    
A3 Light My Fire
    Arranged By – Gabe Flemings, Ray Jackson Written-By – 
Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger 3:40    
A4 Comment
    Arranged By – Charles Wright, Ray Jackson Written By – 
Wright-Rahman Written-By – Wright*, Rahman* 5:55    
A5 Everyday People
    Arranged By – Charles Wright, Gabe Flemings, Melvin Dunlap 
Written-By – Sylvester Stewart 2:35    
B1 Must Be Your Thing
    Arranged By – Ray Jackson Written By – Hayes-Wright Written-By – 
Wright*, Hayes* 3:39
B2 Love Land
    Arranged By – Charles Wright, Ray Jackson Written By – 
Trotter-Wright Written-By – Wright*, Trotter* 3:02    
B3 Oh Happy Gabe (Sometimes Blue)
    Arranged By – Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band, The* Engineer –
Don Blake Written-By – Gabriel Flemings* 3:53    
B4 Twenty-Five Miles
    Arranged By – Gabe Flemings, Ray Jackson Written-By – 
Edwin Starr, Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol 3:05    
B5 The Joker (On A Trip Through The Jungle)
    Arranged By – Al McKay, Bill Cannon Written-By –
Miles Grayson 3:04




 




SOLOMON BURKE Got To Get You Off My Mind / Peepin'

SINGLE ATLANTIC 1965          REF 45-2276
 
 
 
A     Got To Get You Off My Mind  2:32
Songwriter – Burke

B     Peepin' 2:29
Songwriter – Burke

 Arranged By – Gene Page








SOLOMON BURKE I WISH I KNEW

ATLANTIC RECORDS 1968                                SD 8185 



credits:


 Solomon Burke (vocal) 
Arif Mardin (arr, dir)
 Producer, Engineer – Tom Dowd
Memphis, TN, March 15, 1968



tracks list:

A1 I Wish I Knew ( How It Would Feel To Be Free )     2:50    
A2 Get Out Of My Life Woman     3:15    
A3 Meet Me In The Church     3:26    
A4 By The Time I Get To Phoenix     2:50    
A5 Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye     3:10    
B1 What'd I Say     4:45    
B2 Since I Met You Baby     3:40    
B3 Save It     2:25    
B4 Shame On Me     2:30    
B5 Why, Why, Why     2:24



 





 
 


GLADYS KNIGHT & The Pips ALL IN A KNIGHT'S WORK

 
SOUL RECORDS 1970                                         SS730 

live recording

Gladys Maria Knight, b. 28th May 1944, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
(Gladys Knight's elder brother) 'Merald' Bubba (b. 4th September 1942, 
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.)
Cousin Edward Roy Patten, (b. 22nd August 1939, Atlanta, Georgia,
U.S.A. d. 25th February 2005, Livonia, Michigan, U.S.A.)
and Cousin William Guest (b. 2nd June 1941, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.)
Gladys Knight and the Pips were, originally formed in 1953 in Atlanta Georgia.
The ensemble were primarily active between 1953 and 1989, although it is the
Sixties and Seventies periods where the group will be, probably,
 most fondly remembered.



tracks list:


A1         Cabaret     2:46    
A2         The End Of Out Road     2:59    
A3         By The Time I Get To Phoneix     3:55    
A4         Fever     2:29    
A5         Glory Of Love     2:59    
A6         Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone     2:36    
A7         Girl Talk     4:10    
A8         Giving Up     3:30    
B1         Everybody Needs Love     3:25    
B2         Just In Time     3:50    
B3         Every Beat Of My Heart     2:09    
B4         Dr. Feelgood     3:25    
B5         Letter Full Of Tears     3:30    
B6         I Heard It Through The Grapvine     4:45    
B7         He'll Guide My Way     3:20


 




GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS NEITHER ONE OF US

 

SOUL RECORDS 1972                                      S 737L


credits:

 Artie Butler - arrangement on
   "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)"
    Michael Omartian - arrangement on
   "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)"
    and "Who Is She (And What Is She to You)?"
    H. B. Barnum - arrangement on
   "It's Gotta Be That Way" and "Daddy Could Swear, I Declare"
    David Van De Pitte - "For Once in My Life"
    and "Don't It Make You Feel Guilty"
    Tom Baird - arrangement on
    "This Child Needs Its Father"
    James Anthony Carmichael - arrangement on
    "And This Is Love"
    Paul Riser - arrangement on
   "Can't Give It Up No More"

Recorded in   1972


tracklist:

A1        Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)
Arranged By – Artie Butler, Michael O'Martian*
Producer – Joe Porter
Written-By – Jim Weatherly
4:15
A2        It's Gotta Be That Way
Arranged By – H.B. Barnum
Producer – Johnny Bristol
Written-By – David Jones, Jr.*, Johnny Bristol, Wade Brown, Jr.*
4:32
A3        For Once In My Life
Arranged By – David Van DePitte
Producer – Clay McMurray
Written-By – Orlando Murden, Ron Miller*
4:00
A4        This Child Needs Its Father
Arranged By – Tom Baird
Producer – Dino Fekaris, Nick Zesses
Written-By – Dino Fekaris, Nick Zesses
3:15
A5        Who Is She (And What Is She To You)
Arranged By – Michael O'Martian*
Producer – Joe Porter
Written-By – Bill Withers, Stan McKenny*
4:12
B1        And This Is Love
Arranged By – James Carmichael*
Producer – Hal Davis
Written-By – Frederick Long, Sylvia Moy
3:21
B2        Daddy Could Swear, I Declare
Arranged By – H.B. Barnum
Producer – Johnny Bristol
Written-By – Merald Knight*, Gladys Knight, Johnny Bristol
3:42
B3        Can't Give It Up No More
Arranged By – Paul Riser
Producer – Johnny Bristol
Written-By – David Jones, Jr.*, Johnny Bristol, Wade Brown, Jr.*
3:38
B4        Don't It Make You Feel Guilty
Arranged By – David Van DePitte
Producer – Johnny Bristol
Written-By – David Jones, Jr.*, Johnny Bristol, Wade Brown, Jr.*
3:15





Link


Uloz


lundi 20 juin 2022

HAROLD JOHSON SEXTET SORRY 'BOUT THAT

 

CREDITS:

Arranged By – Harold Johnson
Producer – Harry Mitchell
Written-By – H. Johnson*, H. Mitchell*


A        Sorry 'Bout That - Part 1    2:58
B        Sorry 'Bout That - Part 2    2:25



link

Uloz

HAROLD JOHNSON SEXTET EVERYBODY LOVES A WINNER

REVUE RECORDS 1968                                    RS 7204

credits:

Arranged By – Reggie Andrews
Bass – Jimmy Nash
Drums – Leon Chandler
Flute – David Crawford
Percussion [Conga Drums] – Billy Jackson 
Piano – Harold Johnson
Saxophone [Tenor] – Mike Shaw 
Vibraphone – Larry Nash


Producer – Harry Mitchell, Steve Topley


tracks list:

A1 Kealiians 4:52
A2 We're A Winner 2:55
A3 Be Quiet Man 4:25
A4 Afro Freak 3:07
A5 Lime Water 2:00
B1 Baila Cinderella 4:11
B2 Natural Napy 2:36
B3 Cruising 4:00
B4 Nature Boy 4:00
B5 Erewhon 2:01






HAROLD JOHNSON SEXTET HOUSE ON ELM STREET


REVUE RECORDS  1968                                     RS 7201 

H.M.E.  RECORDS 1967                     HME 5-101-5-67    

credits:
Harold Johnson - piano
David Crwford - flute
Billy Jackson - congo drums
Alfred Patterson - alto sax
Mike Show - teor sax
Eddie Synigal - alto sax
Ronald Rutledge - drums
Jimmy Nash - bass
Alto Saxophone – Alfred Patterson

Arranged By, Alto Saxophone – Eddie Synigal
Piano, Arranged By – Harold Johnson
Producer – 
H. Mitchell, S. Topley
engineer 
Norm Goodman
     
  
tracks listing:

A1 House On Elm Street
Written-By – H. Johnson*
7:10
A2 Have You Got Good Religion?
Written-By – H. Johnson*
3:00
A3 Dolores
Written-By – A. Patterson*
3:15
A4 Watts '67
Written-By – H. Johnson*
3:45
B1 Alfie
Written-By – Bacharach-David*
2:45
B2 Sunny
Written-By – Bobby Hebb
2:50
B3 Something Mellow
Written-By – D. Crawford*
2:45
B4 Yeh Uh Huh
Written-By – H. Johnson*
2:40
B5 Moses
Written-By – Crawford*, Johnson*
7:10


 



dimanche 19 juin 2022

JAMES BROWN SLAUGHTER'S BIG RIP-OFF

POLYDOR RECORDS 1973                            PD 6015 



credits:

  Arranged By – Dave Matthews (3) (tracks: A3, B1, B2),
Fred Wesley (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A6, A7, B3 to B6),
James Brown (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to A7, B3 to B6)
    Mixed By – Bob Both

      
tracks list:

A1         Slaughter Theme        
A2         Tryin' To Get Over        
A3         Transmograpfication        
A4         Happy For The Poor        
A5         Brother Rap        
A6         Big Strong        
A7         Really, Really, Really        
B1         Sexy, Sexy, Sexy        
B2         To My Brother        
B3         How Long Can I Keep It Up        
B4         People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul        
B5         King Slaughter        
B6         Straight Ahead





 Uloz

samedi 18 juin 2022

GRANT GREEN GOIN ' WEST

BLUE NOTE RECORDS 1969                            BST 84310

Goin' West is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green
featuring performances recorded in 1962 but not released on
the Blue Note label until 1969. It is a loose concept
album based around Western music.

credits:

Grant Green - guitar
Herbie Hancock - piano
Reggie Workman - bass
Billy Higgins - drums

Recorded     November 30, 1962
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
 Producer – Alfred Lion
Recorded By  Rudy Van Gelder

tracks list:

A1 On Top Of Old Smokey 6:45    
A2 I Can't Stop Loving You   
A3 Wagon Wheels
B1 Red River Valley 6:00    
B2 Tumbling Tumbleweeds





 
 

vendredi 17 juin 2022

MILT JACKSON With The RAY BROWN Big Band, MEMPHIS JACKSON

IMPULSE RECORDS 1969                               AS-9193 



credits:

Alto Saxophone – Ernie Watts (tracks: A1, A2, A3, B4)
    Baritone Saxophone – Jim Horn (tracks: A1 to A3, B1, B2, B4, B5),
    John Lowe (tracks: B1, B2, B5)
    Bass – Ray Brown, Wilton Felder
    Drums – Carl (Cubby) O'Brien* (tracks: B1, B2, B5),
    Earl Palmer (tracks: A1 to A3), Paul Humphries* (tracks: A4, A5, B3)
    Electric Piano – Joe Sample (tracks: A4, A5, B3)
    Flugelhorn – Harry Edison (tracks: A1 to A3, B1, B2, B4, B5)
    Guitar – Fred Robinson*, Howard Roberts (tracks: A4, A5, B3)
    Percussion – Victor Feldman (tracks: A4, A5, B3)
    Piano – Mike Melvoine* (tracks: A1 to A3, B1, B2, B4, B5)
    Tenor Saxophone – Harold Land (tracks: A1 to A3, B4),
    Teddy Edwards (tracks: A4, A5, B1, B2, B3, B5)
    Trombone – Jimmy Cleveland (tracks: B1, B2, B5),
    Randy Aldcroft (tracks: A1 to A3, B4)
    Trombone [Bass] – Kenny Shroyer (tracks: B1, B2, B5)
    Trumpet – Al Aarons (tracks: A4, A5, B3),
    Bud Brisbois (tracks: B1, B2, B5),
    Buddy Childers (tracks: A1 to A3, B4),
   Harry Edison (tracks: A1 to A3, B1, B2,B4,B5),
    John Audino (tracks: A1 to A3, B4),
    Ollie Mitchell (tracks: B1, B2, B5)
    Tuba – John T. Johnson* (tracks: A1 to A3,B4)
    Vibraphone – Milt Jackson (tracks: All)


A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B4 & B5 Recorded 9 October, 1969,
     at Annex Recording Studios, Los Angeles.
     A4, A5, B3 Recorded 10 October, 1969,
     at Annex Recording Studios, Los Angeles.
     Engineer – Dave Wichmann*, Thorn Nogar
     Producer – Ed Michel

tracks list:

 1. Uh-Huh  [Mobley] 3:48   
2. One Mint Julep ( One Way )  [Toombs] 2:33   
3. Oh Happy Day  [Hawkins/Rimbault/Traditional] 3:30   
4. Memphis Junction  [Brown] 2:49   
5. Queen Mother Stomp  [Jackson] 6:30   
6. Braddock Breakdown  [Brown] 3:40   
7. A Sound For Sore Ears  [Heath] 3:02   
8. Enchanted Lady  [Jackson] 5:06   
9. One Mint Julep ( The Other Way )  [Toombs] 2:44   
10. Picking Up The Vibrations  [Brown] 4:11  









MILT JACKSON RAY CHARLES SOUL BROTHERS

             
    ATLANTIC RECORDS 1957                                    SD 1279


Soul Brothers is an album recorded by Ray Charles and Milt Jackson 
and released by Atlantic Records in 1958. The album was later
 re-issued in a 2 CD compilation together with the Charles / Jackson 
album Soul Meeting and included additional tracks from the same
 recording sessions not present on the original LP releases.

credits :

personnel:

Ray Charles – piano, electric piano, alto saxophone
Milt Jackson – piano, vibraphone
Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
Connie Kay – drums
Oscar Pettiford – bass
Skeeter Best – guitar



Design [Cover] – Marvin Israel
Liner Notes – Bill Randle
Photography By [Cover] – Lee Friedlander

Supervised By – Nesuhi Ertegun   
Engineer – Tom Dowd
recorded in:
NYC, September 12, 1957


tracks list:

LP side A
1. "Soul Brothers" (Quincy Jones) – 9:34
2. "How Long Blues" (Leroy Carr) – 9:15
LP side B
1. "Cosmic Ray" – 5:21
2. "Blue Funk" – 8:09
3. "Bag's Guitar Blues" (Jackson) – 6:23 
3. "'Deed I Do" (Hirsch, Rose) – 5:50 






THE QUARTETTE TRES BIEN WHERE IT'S AT!

DECCA RECORDS 1966                                DL 74822

credits:

Bass – Richard Simmons
Congas, Bongos – Percy James
Drums – Albert St. James
Piano – Jeter Thompson
Producer – Milt Gabler

Tracks List:

A1 The End Of A Love Affair 4:37
A2 Feeling Good 5:03
A3 On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) 2:29
A4 Moon River 3:45
A5 Harambee (Pull Together) 3:15
B1 Somebody Loves Me 3:44
B2 Polonaisia 3:28
B3 St. Louis Blues 2:22
B4 It Was A Very Good Year 4:33
B5 Lucky "28" 2:09
B6 Amor 2:55





QUARTETTE TRES BIEN KILIMANJARO

DECCA RECORDS 1964                              DL 74548


This is the first set of recordings but second release by
 St. Louis group QTB . Often compared
 to the Ramsey Lewis/Young-Holt Trio, Billy Larkin and the Delegates,
 Odell Brown & the Organ-izers, The Three Sounds, etc.


credits:

Jeter Thompson - Piano
Richard Simmons - Bass
Albert St. James - Drums
Percy James - Percussion

Produced by Norman Wienstroer  


tracks list:

A1 Kilimanjaro (Jeter Thompson) 6:22    
A2 I Left My Heart In San Francisco (George Cory) 2:22
A3 Secretly (Georges Garvarentz, Marcel Stellman) 3:05
A4 I Didn't Know What Time It Was (Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart) 4:39
B1 My Favourite Things (Richard Rodgers - Oscar Hammerstein II) 5:05
B2 My One And Only Love (Guy Wood, Robert Mellin) 3:28
B3 Ramblin' Rose (Joe Sherman, Noel Sherman) 2:32
B4 You Came A Long Way From St. Louis (Bob Russell, John B. Brooks) 4:52








vendredi 3 juin 2022

GERALD WILSON THE GOLDEN SWORD

PACIFIC JAZZ RECORDS 1966                 ST-20111


Pacific Jazz Records was a Los Angeles-based record label best 
known for releasing cool jazz or West coast jazz. It was founded 
by Richard Eugene Bock (1927–1988) and drummer Roy S. Harte in 1952.
 Harte, in 1954, also co-founded Nocturne Records.
Some of the musicians that recorded for Pacific Jazz include 
Chet Baker, Gerry Mulligan, Paul Desmond, Joe Pass and Gerald Wilson.


credits:

Arranged By – Gerald Wilson
Art Direction – Woody Woodward
Bass – Buddy Woodson
Congas – Max Garduno
Drums – Mel Lee
Flute, Piccolo Flute – William Green
Guitar – Laurindo Almeida
Piano – Jack Wilson
Saxophone – Harold Land, Jack Nimitz, Jimmy Woods, Teddy Edwards
Saxophone, Flute – Anthony Ortega
Trombone – Ernie Tack, John Ewing, Lester Robertson
Trumpet – Al Porcino, Conte Candoli, Freddie Hill, Jimmy Owens,
 Jules Chaikin, Mel Moore*, Mike Barone, Nat Meeks*
Vibraphone – Roy Ayers, Victor Feldman


Recorded at :
TTG Sound Studios in Hollywood, CA on
 June 21, 1966 (tracks 4, 8 & 10)
July 8, 1966 (tracks 1, 5 & 7) 

and August 19, 1966 (tracks 2, 3, 6, 8 & 9)

tracks list:

A1 The Golden Sword
Composed By – G. Wilson*
3:11
A2 Man Of La Mancha
Composed By – J. Darion*, M. Leigh*
2:16
A3 The Breeze And I
Composed By – E. lecuona*
5:23
A4 Carlos
Composed By – G. Wilson*
5:23
A5 Chanson Du Feu Follet (Song Of Mad Fire)
Composed By – M. DeFalla*
4:07
B1 Mi Corazon (My Heart)
Composed By – G. Wilson*
2:58
B2 Blues Latinese
Composed By – G. Wilson*
5:35
B3 The Feather (From "Teatihuacan Suite")
Composed By – G. Wilson*
4:15
B4 La Mentira (The Lie)
Composed By – A. Carrillo*
2:05
B5 The Serpent (From "Teatihuacan Suite")
Composed By – G. Wilson*
4:05